Andrew Tate timeline: From actuality TV star to court docket, and now US?

Romanian prosecutors accredited the request for the influencer brothers to journey and, based on the BBC, they left at 5am on Thursday after their passports had been returned.

Each males have all the time denied the costs.

The brothers had been arrested in Romania three years in the past and had been banned from leaving the nation till this journey ban was lifted.

The 2 stay beneath investigation and are set to return to Romania by the top of March, having beforehand mentioned they wish to clear their names in court docket.

Right here is the story to date.

Each Tates are the British-American sons of the late US chess participant Emory Tate. They had been born in Chicago however grew up in Luton.

Andrew Tate labored as a TV producer whereas coaching as a kickboxer, earlier than happening to battle professionally, however got here into the general public highlight when he appeared on Large Brother in 2016.

Since then, Tate has gained notoriety for making offensive, misogynistic feedback on social media. However he has gained a following of, largely, younger males who subscribe to his preaching about abundance, male pleasure and an prosperous life-style.

Romanian police verify retrospectively that the Tate brothers have been beneath investigation since April 2022.

Round this time, Andrew Tate begins to be banned from many social media platforms for misogynistic feedback and hate speech.

Having been banned from a number of social media platforms, Andrew Tate is undeterred and continues posting the place he’s allowed to. He says in October that he’s now a Muslim and is allowed again on Twitter/X by the platform’s new proprietor, Elon Musk.

He makes use of his new-found freedom on social media to attempt to goad environmentalist Greta Thunberg by bragging about his automotive assortment. She responds by telling him to get a life, prompting Tate to publish a now notorious video the place he smokes a cigar and orders an assist to deliver him pizza.

Police movie a raid on the Bucharest home the place they’re dwelling and make it public.

“The 4 suspects … seem to have created an organised crime group with the aim of recruiting, housing and exploiting girls by forcing them to create pornographic content material meant to be seen on specialised web sites for a price,” prosecutors mentioned.

The web speculates that their location was given away by the video Andrew Tate despatched to Greta Thunberg, which exhibits that he ordered a selected model of pizza. One other win for Ms Thunberg is when Tate’s assortment of vehicles is then detained by Romanian police.

In March 2023, the Tates win an enchantment and go away jail however stay beneath home arrest.

Two different girls are additionally charged over claims they tricked seven alleged victims with false declarations of affection and coerced them into working in pornography.

The brothers have denied all of the allegations.

A spokesperson for Andrew Tate mentioned: “We embrace the chance it presents to display their innocence.”

Andrew Tate was additionally been charged with raping one of many victims, whereas Tristan was charged with instigating others to violence.

They had been put beneath home arrest pending a felony investigation for abuses dedicated towards the seven girls.

The Tates win an enchantment towards their home arrest and later are allowed to get their vehicles again.

These allegations, which the 2 brothers “unequivocally deny”, date again to 2012-2015.

It means the Tates will likely be extradited to the UK as soon as the Romanian proceedings are accomplished.

Each Tates deny these allegations.

Devon and Cornwall Police search to grab greater than £2m from the pair after they fail to pay tax on £21m income from their on-line companies, based on the BBC.

The net accounts relate to enterprises on Warfare Room, Hustlers’ College, Cobra Tate and OnlyFans.

The Tates board a aircraft from Băneasa airport on February 27 for the US, with their passports having been returned and their journey ban lifted.

The BBC studies that Romania’s authorities has denied being pressured by the Trump administration to permit the Tates to journey.